Eric Clark

Eric Clark was an acclaimed investigative journalist and author.

Clark published ten books, fiction and non-fiction, which have been published in 20 countries. Of his novels, the Los Angeles Times described him as "Among the front rank of story-tellers who pluck their material from the world's headlines." Writing of his first novel, Black Gambit, the New York Times Book Review said, "A fine suspense novel with contemporary relevance…strong, well-plotted, compassionate" and the Miami Herald said its ending "implodes the mind and sears the soul". Jack Higgins said, "it can only be compared with The Spy Who Came in From the Cold". Of China Run (Chinese Burn in the UK), the Chicago Sun-Times in the UK), the Chicago Sun-Times wrote, "Thirty Nine Steps – only more chilling."